History 411
Name_____________________________________
Census Assignment–Antebellum Mississippi
County Hinds
If the county did not exist or did not have data for a particular year, just write NA (Not
Applicable) in the appropriate blank**
POPULATION AND SLAVERY
1. Total Population
1820___________N/A_____________
1850__________25,340_______
1830____________8,645___________
1860_________31,339_________
1840___________19,098___________
2. Slave Population
1820________N/A____________
1850_______16,625___________
1830_________3,212__________
1860__________22,363________
1840___________12,275_______
3. Slaves as a Percentage of the Total Population
1820__________N/A__________
1850_________65%___________
1830__________37%__________
1860_________71%____________
1840__________64%__________
**All information below will come from the 1860 Census**
SLAVE OWNERSHIP
4. Total Families _____1561________________
5. Total Slaveholders ______1421_________________
6. Percentage of Families Who Owned Slaves _______91________________
7. Number of Slaveholders Who Owned Between 1 and 9 Slaves ______44________________
8. Number of Slaveholders Who Owned Between 10 and 19 Slaves _____165_______________
9. Number of Slaveholders Who Owned Between 20 and 99 Slaves _____356_______________
10. Number of Slaveholders Who Owned More than 100 Slaves ______15_____________
11. Percentage of Slaveholders Who Owned More than 20 Slaves
______62%___________
AGRICULTURE
12. Total Number of Farms _______595__________
13. Number of Farms Between 3 and 19 Acres ____6___________
14. Number of Farms Between 20 and 99 Acres ______115_________
15. Number of Farms Between 100 and 499 Acres _____352________
16. Number of Farms Over 500 Acres _________122______________
17. Percentage of Farms Over 100 Acres ______79%______________
18. Total Cash Value of Farms $____6,240,445________
19. Average Cash Value per Farm $______10,488_____
RELIGION
20. Total Number of Churches _______23__________
21. Number of Baptist Churches _______7________
22. Number of Methodist Churches _____8_________
23. Number of Presbyterian Churches ______3________
24. Number of Episcopal Churches ______2_________
25. Number of Roman Catholic Churches _______1_________
26. Number of Universalist Churches ________0_________
27. Percentage of Churches that are Protestant (Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, and
Episcopal)
____82%__________